civil society
Himal Interviews: Sri Lanka’s right to information
Interview with senior lawyer and a member of Sri Lanka’s RTI Commission, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena.
The Editors | Sep 24, 2018
Himal Southasian to suspend publication
Himal Southasian will continue to publish till November 2016 and meet all its outstanding obligations before suspension of operations.
The Editors | Aug 24, 2016
Where are the women in the Sri Lankan peace?
If and when peace comes to Sri Lanka, the new structures of political relations must be designed to preserve and advance the gains made by women in the last two decades.
Sara Shneiderman | Oct 23, 2009
This very uncivil society
They call it humanisation with a global face—or is it the other way around? From 16 to 21 January 2004, the World Social Forum (WSF) convenes in Bombay, the first departure from its home in …
Rahul Goswami | Dec 01, 2003
Crisis beyond legality
Will constitutional amendment provide for the social and political needs of the Nepali people and polity? Or a new constitution? And by what procedure?
Hari Roka | Nov 01, 2003
Latest Articles
Silence in Swat
Memory, militancy and the military in Swat Valley.
Sri Lanka’s constitutional ping-pong
The 20th Amendment in historical perspective.
Charting new territories
A recent anthropological volume on Jammu & Kashmir makes important new contributions to scholarship on the region.
Who doesn’t put ghee in their khichuri?
On food and representation, online and offline.
